Ipomoea costellata |
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crest-rib morning glory |
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Habit | Annuals. |
Stems | usually trailing, or twining only near tips, rarely erect. |
Leaf | blades palmatisect, lobes 5–9, lance-linear, linear, oblanceolate, or spatulate, 7–28 × 0.5–3(–8) mm, surfaces glabrous or sparsely hispidulous. |
Peduncles | usually glabrous, rarely sparsely hispidulous. |
Flowers | sepals lance-oblong to lanceolate, outers 3–5 × 1–2 mm, inners 4–6 × 2–3 mm, herbaceous, apex acute, abaxial surface usually ± carinate and glabrous, sometimes hispidulous on midrib; corolla pale lavender to pink, funnelform, 10–12 mm. |
Ipomoea costellata |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Nov. |
Habitat | Chaparral, oak woodlands, ponderosa pine zone, rocky sites. |
Elevation | 100–2200 m. (300–7200 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico [Introduced in South America]
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Source | FNA vol. 14. |
Parent taxa | Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea |
Sibling taxa | |
Synonyms | I. costellata var. edwardsensis |
Name authority | Torrey in W. H. Emory: Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 149. (1859) |
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